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Energy Industry (Oil & Gas)/Questions Answered by Expert David Fox
| Subject | Date Asked |
| Well Testing | 4/2/2010 |
| Q: If during a well test exercise,a well flowed initially and allowed to build up and flowed ... A: The radius of investigation would be higher for the second flow period and should therefore be more ... | |
| Selling My Stake in an Oil Block | 3/16/2009 |
| Q: some years ago my family-owned company managed to acquire a miniscule percentage stake in an ... A: There is no magic formula to value exploration acreage, the only way of getting an accurate value ... | |
| Net Present Value | 8/28/2008 |
| Q: i can't seem to understand what Net Present Value means. Alot of times, it's shown as NPV discounted ... A: Net Present Value or NPV is the value of an asset taking into account the time value of money. It is ... | |
| gasoline production | 7/3/2008 |
| Q: If a barrel of oil will produce 19.5 gallons of gasoline, what other by product can be produced from ... A: A range of products can be produced from a barrel of crude and the types and volumes of each will ... | |
| Temperature Effect of Natural Gas | 5/15/2008 |
| Q: What specifically effects the amount of heat or the temperature of Natural Gas? Is it directly ... A: The amount of heat generated by burning the natural gas depends on its composition. Natural gas is ... | |
| A UK Landman ? Is it possible? | 1/31/2008 |
| Q: This is a question for David Fox and Frederick M Scott. I work as a land manager in the UK ... A: The job of landman is essentially only a US profession because the US is one of the few places where ... | |
| cost of oil and gas | 1/26/2008 |
| Q: If a barrel of oil just out of the ground costs an oil company $100 ... how do they make any money? ... A: There are 2 sides to the oil industry - upstream (exploration and production)and downstream ... | |
| Oil Recovery Cost | 12/28/2006 |
| Q: May I know how much is the recovery cost per bbl in middle east as well as asia pacific? I would ... A: As implied in my previous post, recovery cost per bbl varies according to the nature (offshore or ... | |
| Oil - company profits vs. state owner | 8/12/2006 |
| Q: I am particularly interested to learn how the Oil companies work their contracts out with the state ... A: There is a wide variety of ways that states award petroleum concessions to oil companies, but most ... | |
| Oil Company profits | 12/28/2005 |
| Q: One often reads about huge oil company profits while oil and gas prices are very high, as they have ... A: Oil company profits are high when oil prices are high because the il companies are the producers of ... | |
Energy Industry (Oil & Gas)
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David Fox
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Oil and gas exploration and production, particularly on the commercial and engineering aspects. Including asset management, negotiations, development planning, acquisitions & disposals, economics and other petroleum engineering topics.
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Numerous international oil and gas exploration companies and governments. Under a current long-term contract, I am advising the Government of Ireland on appraisal, development and production of oil and gas fields.
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